this. the dow is off largely based on thisful world markets were down overnight. huge drops in russia. now let's get to the very talented adele. >> it's getting worse. tensions escalating over there and now oil prices are spiking over here. welcome everybody, i'm neil cavuto. russia rocking world markets. the dow at one point tumbling more than 200 points 1, 55 by day's end, as russian troops surround key ukrainian compounds. russia giving the troops inside an ultimatum. surrender or we're coming in. now reports men have seize -- armed men eave seized the ferry terminal in crimea, if you don't think this matters to you, maybe this will.

as the tensions are mount over there oil is spike over here, to the highest level we have seen in five months. gas prices going along witch and it hit at iting all of us. we're all over it, with sandra smith in new york city, and to phil flynn who says get used to it, and charlie gasperino, big banks are getting nervous. sandra? >> neil, oil prices skyrocketing northern northerly today's trading session, topping $105 a barrel and closing at the highest level in five months. all of this on fears of a possible supply disruption coming from the russian and ukraine regions. make note that ukraine is housing a major oil and natural gas pipeline responsible for taking a lot of russian oil to european countries. russia is the second largest net exporter of oil on the globe. so this is a very important key

place for energy to go to other parts of the globe, and if you're wondering how that may affect you here at home, you may already be feeling it. aaa and reporting that gas prices as a national average rose to 3.40 last night. these up 18 cents from where they were just one month ago. and analysts point out that a large percentage of that is a fear premium being priced into oil and gasoline as a result of this crisis in ukraine. neil? >> thank you, san contract. even if the situation of the ukraine is eventually calm, the impact on oil prices may not be for quite some time. here's more on that. >> you can call it cold weather, you can see a cold war. this is already impacting prices here. the one thing you really want to focus on is diesel fuel. that is where you may see the most impact. the reason is that mainly --

europe gets natural gas through the pipelines from russian. if they've get cut off they'll have to look for alternatives. that means heating oil. on top of that you have this cold weather here in the united states. that is why the demand -- that's conspiring to drive all of these prices higher. now, if we continue with this red storm rising and these threats from russia to take this a step further, this can have major impact on the global economy. emerging market economies are already shaky. they've been feeling the effect of the feds tapering. their markets are crazy. they can't afford right now to into these price goes up, and in europe right now, we saw some strong manufacturing data yesterday. that manufacturing data can stay string -- can't stay strong if they can't get their hand on natural gas. that can hurt the global economy. we're talking grain markets,

your food prices could be impacted. key even see hogs and -- hog prices and ham prices impacted because russia is a major immigrant porter of u.s. -- importer of u.s. hogs and beef. so this is a major impact on this. the weather continues to be cold and its sending chills throughout the global market place. >> thank you very much, phil flynn in chicago. who says the west needs to do anything to stop putin right now? is his own belligerence -- the ruble was down 2%. russia stocks diving more than 10%. that's like our do you diving 1600-points in a single day. our security analyst says put put should be worried but he is feeding a lot of this with the runup in oil prices. you say, don't be ahead of yoursous. >> i think it's what you said

and i believe that russian president's bell lidgeens is doing him in. what i mean is that who says we have to get involved, particularly with this situation? the fact is that russia's financial is collapsing. the moscow market is tumbling, and what we're seeing right now is putin, the former head of the russian kgb, trying to be tough, and you're basically looking at the remnants of him scrambling, trying to keep together what i believe is a completely collapsing country at this point. >> do you think that post the olympics he is sort of feeling his oatses and saying, well, we did well there, we avoided any calamities there. we won the most medals there. so we're the it country 0, or is he going too far and overinterpreting how he is seen in the eyes of the world.

>> greatly overinterpreting his posture, how people see him throughout the world. i think that he got a c with the olympics. tried to come off as a softer russia which i don't know was successful. given some of the stories that came out. after the original presentation or the start of the games and the fact is that he is this bulldozer, this bully, continues to surface, and i think it's retracting any positive light he may have gained from the edge, softening attempt. so it's like, why would we even attempt get to involved with this thing? the fact its he continuously -- he doesn't have resources, and the security situation he is creating to look tough and it's a big waste of his time and will destabilize russia even more. >> i think it's the bully in him that is front and center and not the pragmatist that we need.

i' se cooler heads in russia are telling him, look, this is going to hit our country hard, going to hit the marks, foreign investment, sanctions stand to do the same. or is he interpreting, europe needs my natural gas. i cut that off, they're in a heap of trouble. so, i can do pretty much anything i want and he might be looking at our president, who threatens much but doesn't deliver on the threats, whether that's a fair or not. he feels the world is his oyster and he can take advantage of it. >> neil, i think that the world belligerence is key. i don't think that president putin is right. something might be a little bit off. i think his interpretations are based on the perception of this threat and what he is capable of doing because of this pipeline, and i think there's people that are probably talking to him

saying, hey, time to cool down and back this up inch the end he will fail. >> i have to say it very nicely. mr. president, i think -- it's your thing but -- all right, aaron, thank you. >> somebody has to have the golden touch. >> if charlie gas per recent know is right, u.s. banks are making big preparations this minute. what got them worried? >> a potential asset freeze. the nuclear option is not necessarily a nuclear bomb or war. it's if president obama goes out and freezes russian assets. our exposure, bank exposure to the ukraine is fairly de minimis. not a huge country. our exposure, banks' score shoes to russia is huge, and if the president goes out there and says, all right, you're issue avoiding ukraine, we are going to take a step -- we're going to freeze your assets, that's when there's a know effect, and die know this. all the major banks, j. person morgan, they're out there

looking at this -- at their exposure to the russian economy, they're lending to russian banks and russian companies and preparing for the fed to call them in and this contingency planning what happens. >> if it's small in the percentage, ukraine -- >> russia is big. ukraine is small. >> that's when it gifts to be a double whammy. >> this is what bangers are saying. the president doesn't have many options elm he is not going to invade. he can boycott some olympic game or something like that. your real threat is squeezing russia through the banking system, freezing they're assets, and if you do that, it's going to have an implication on russia, no doubt. going to screw -- >> easier said than done. you've might do it alone, i doubt europe would. >> well, they have -- our banks are big so they have exposure. what happens if that happens? our banks are going to take hits and there's no doubt about that

how does that affect customers. >> affects the market. this market will go down significantly. i you can see the markets correct 3,000-point junior on that because the banks are going to take a hit. that's the worse case scenario. we're not there yet. they're planning that might happen because look at the political situation. president obama has kind of wimp out a lot. he kind of gave putin everything he wanted in syria. they think he has to show some force, and the only force he can really show here is freezing their assets, and that's what has them worried. we're not there yet. russia has not invaded ukraine totally. they're in crimea right now. watch this ask late. if you're an investor out there and this starts ask lating you have to be really careful. i would take your money out of the market because it's going to get hairy. >> as charlie can remind us, the

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are suffering as a result of this pipe will be not getting finished? >> here we go again. some radical environmentalists chaining. thes to the white house fence, getting arrested. this keeps -- >> this is holding the environment hostage. >> and we have seen this before where people sit in trees and things like that. look, this keystone pipeline is such a no-brainer, everybody with the exception of the president and these people -- >> unions want it. >> for the jobs created. president obama0s own state department issued a report, gaving it the okay. this has been under study for six years and every single tied study says the environmental impact will be -- transporting the oil and national gas via train, truck, other ways, will

actually -- >> you don't want to -- they're not tying themselves to the white house fence, they're loyal and speak for many who are environmental conscious and thigh think this pipeline is nuts. so the president has been delay, delay, delay, keep the union guys happen they might open it up and get the jobs going, and the environmentalists. but you can only wait this out so lodge it's been five years. >> it's ridiculous at this point. every study has come back saying the environmental impact will be minimal. and transcanada will not wait forever. they're sitting atop all of this oil. china is ready to buy it. >> they've done deal with china. >> if you don't want -- >> speak though environment. you caught the news about tim cook made a comment about investors questioning all his climate change comments and his investments. even with no indication that you're going to get any bang for the buck. saying if you don't like it,

lump it, sell your stoke stocks. >> he is asking for it. i find it incredible when ceo's like tim cook get political. >> he said a small percentage of the cash -- i know how to run this company. >> why would you alienate such a great part of your potential custom base? why would you say we're not interested in your money? if you're thinking about investing in apple. if, by the way -- not climate denier, and if you look at the science which is far from being settled -- >> i should disclose that apple shareholder, have been for decades. so get that out there. i don't think even the late great steve jobs, who was probably to the left of cook on a lot of these issues, would somehow blurred it with the company's mission statement. >> well, that's right. and, look en, when you're in business, donald you want every investor dollar to come in so sow can grow and improve.

>> if you want to make money off the green and -- i don't know. that's fine. but that -- >> why would you alienate a good part of your potential investor base or customer base for that matter if they don't want my money, -- it's like governor cuomo saying if you're a prolife conservative you're not welcome in the state of new york. >> he said you, monica, are not welcome. very specific. >> if you're a politician, that's numb dumb enough. when you're a ceo, really unfortunately -- really unfortunate statement. >> it's not whether you're for climate change or not, about what you're doing with our shareholder money. >> and closing the door on people who may just have a different opinion, as do knew by the way lot of clients scientists. >> just make some nice gadgets. monica, thank you very much. so much for fraud. did an obamacare state just make it legal?

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>> son of a glitch. obamacare's programs are having problems. take maryland, mess, where the state can't seem to figure out is eligible for medicaid so struck other deal to keep paying people with or without proof. that will leave taxpayers holding the bag. >> so maryland's exchange kind of had the biggest issues since open enrollment period kicked

offt. the first state to come out and put a price tag on how much this medicaid mess will cost and they say over the next two years they're going to pay $30 million worth of medicaid benefits for people who may not be eligible. >> extrapolate this out to other states. similar type of issues, problems and inconsistencies. who is paying for what where? >> the government is picking up the tab, as we're saying -- >> which is us. >> exactly. so, the centers for medicare and medicaid services came out last week and said that 14 other states are having issues signing up people. so in certain cases -- let's say you were trying and trying to sign up for a plan and couldn't get it through the exchange because of glitches going on. they're going to come out and help pay for it. and so in maryland we're talking strictly medicaid. that's $30 million. this is across 14 other states and we're not just talking medicaid. we're talking about average people trying to sign up for regular health insurance and the

government will help them. >> that allows for the potential of a lot of fraud. >> exactly. tons of fraud. the affordable care act does expand medvedev okayed eligible for people making up to 133% of the federal poverty level, just under 16,000 decide. this year they're expecting $19.4 billion worth of improper payments to be made out -- paid out through the medicaid system. so that a lot of room for fraud. >> they're saying get them in now, ask questions later. >> that looks to be the case and we're getting closer to the end of open enrollments. they're trying to cover their tracks. >> you've say tracks, i say something else. >> we're on air. >> do you remember this? >> i think what we have in large case is governors playing politics with people's lives and with people's health. >> millions of people who right now, even under the law, may not get healthcare they deserve because their governors he refused to do it for plating a reasons.

>> a number of them continue to deny their own constituents to have opportunity to health care through medicaid. >> now, a lot of democrats might love to blame republican governors for the healthcare laws problems but many of the states are not run by republicans. publisher and marketing -- says it's time for the administration to realize that and admit that. so what we're looking at, greg, some of the biggest states with the biggest problems, the biggest signup and enrolleishes are run by democrats. right? >> oh, absolutely. neil, this drives me crazy. when i take a look at these governors who are democrats, who put all their resources, all their moral and taxpayer support into making sure this works, and it doesn't. the reason why? because it's government central planning. it's a failure. it's a failure like with socialism worldwide. these governors can't get it right. the federal government can't get

right. and it's there's millions of people being hurt. the inefficiency is incredible. i'm from california. here in california, over a billion dollars has gone into the broken system of california barack -- obama care. it's called covered california. schools, colleges, democratic groups, have got spoon the act tone role people in obamacare, and it's so inefficient and so broken, it's costing taxpayer money, covered california will be going into deficit -- >> the irony there -- you know your state betterment you have a democratic governor, democrats in control of both houses in the legislature. i see this in maryland where the democrats run the show, enif you want to lay it on the republicans and whether they go

along, it's fraction of the problems they're encountering now. so you have to worry more, those who are pushing the healthcare law, be they on left or the right. you have to look under your own hood because it's your own party's governors jostling the problem. >> they don't want to look under their own hood. they want to blame the republicans. blame everybody but themselves -- >> or just rush the signups like we saw in maryland and ask questions later, just get them in, get them in, get them. in, ask questions later. >> they're in panic mode. they see the failure and they want to shift the blame, but what has to happen, the governors and the state legislatures that are supporting obamacare, the senators and congressmen that are supporting obamacare, they want to shift the plame to republicans, -- the blame to republicans. voters need to vote these guys out because we can't afford what

is happening. we can't afford it from the statement of our health or as a small business owner. i look at its as a disaster, and we can't afford it as taxpayers because it's going to completely shoot the deficit higher and higher and higher. >> craig, thank you very much. again, regardless of whether folks at home agree or disagree with craig, the fact of the mary is to pin this on republican governor weather are not going along when it's at least a dozen democratic state governors who are having trouble getting is along, think masks reality. as crisis turns to chaos over there how would america's mayor deal with it over here? rudy giuliani is next.

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>> that was kind of per funk tori. >> but he makes a decision and executed it quickly, then everybody reacts. that it's leader. president obama, got to think about it, go over it again, talking to more people. like the syria thing. first we're going to do something, then he was going to act on his own, then congressional approval, then wanted uk, uk said no, congress would say no, then he would go anyway, then -- finally after five or six days of wringing his hands and thinking, he brings putin in and makes putin a hero. >> do you think that george bush was in different dealing with the georgia incursion? there's only so much you can do. dealing with a crazy guy who wants to be bellicose and militant, a normal person will responsible in a normal way, but what do you say, you don't or do? >> i'm not sure that president bush exactly did the right thing in georgia, either.

i'm not sure he supported our interests as strong strongly as he could. that's the first time they did it rather than the second time. the second time you have to act strongly. georgia is less significant, all although important in terms of freedom and democracy, than a ukraine. the united states and the uk have a retreaty with ukraine going back to 1992 -- >> treaties-made to be broken. >> -- countries that don't follow the treaty are dishonorable we have the uk, and the u.s., promised we would protect the ukraine against soviet russian invasion because, ukraine gave up its ability to protect itself. we have a moral obligation to protect them. >> troops are out, i guess.

what would be first on the table for you? >> you don't announce the troops are out. you don't look as frightened as he and kerry look about the idea of troops. let's not give that away. first thing he should have done is he should have sent kerry to poland and the czech republic and sign the nuclear defense treaty, which he gave away the first days in office in order to reset relation with russia, and the united states is number two. everyone knows how frightened for 30 years since ronald reagan they are of a nuclear defense shield. he should have reinstated the nuclear defense shield and would have pushed putin back 20 yards. then they should have thrown him out of to the g . we shouldn't debate-are we going? >> maybe they're hoping -- try to give them the benefit of the doubt. marry maybe they're hoping --

the russian market drop. the ruble collapsed and many given his own bellicose talk he is hurting himself and at it going to fall on his actions. so let him implode on his own. >> maybe. maybe. possibly. could be. you're in charge. he just invaded a country that we have an obligation to protect, a country we want to bring over to the west. we don't wait for maybe, maybe, possibly could happen. that's not a leader. we act swiftly, we act decisively and we change the equation here with this man. instead of him pushing us around we push him around. that's the only thing a bully understands. someone standing up to him, getting in his face and saying you want to play this game? we're going to make life so difficult for you. >> that's what gets hits out on you. i'm hearing in your case, the mob wanted -- >> if you're not willing to do that, don't put 200 mafia guys

in jail. a lot of people were prosecuted -- >> 800 grand. how did they screw that up? and then later on you were -- >> i was in office a year, year and a half after the sicilian move ya -- mafia put a hit on me. i said, this is really annoying. five years of work 200 people in jail, a thousand i helped put in jail in italy. helped to crush the mafia, to a great extent, and my value goes down by 100%. great. >> there's no justice. but you're alive and well and here, we're happy to say that. rudy giuliani, thank you very much. either way you're worth millions. i don't know to bump off but just to talk about. >> when we come back, from great lakes under ice to a reporter under snow. [ male announcer ] a body at rest tends to stay at rest...

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>> woo! >> talk about a snow job. this philadelphia reporter getting whacked with a wall of snow as the plow truck drives by. he maintained his composure. i would have been out of here. the reporter never really fell down. was able to resume his reporting. meantime, attention passengers you flight is not cleared for takeoff. more than 80,000 flights cancelled this winter and the number climbing as the travel nightmare continues for folks traveling. rich? >> good afternoon. we haven't had it snow for the last couple of hours here. didn't get that much accumulation but enough to close the federal government, shut down congress, and create a mass in the travel system. reagan national airport was basically closed throughout the

day. they have just re-opened and you look nationwide, some 10,000 place -- flights delayed or cancelled. one outfit figures $5.8 billion, the cost to travelers, airports all the airlines for all the snowstorms from the beginning of the season until right before this storm. so that number doesn't include this storm. then the federal government. it has been closed today, another day. $70 million each day it has been closed, also for delayed openings throughout the snow season. so the mess continues. >> stay warm. meanwhile, it's not just the d.c. area. check out the great lakes. or shy say great skating rinks. 90% of them covered in ice. something we have not seep in 34 years. janice dean again and again and again. tell me there's a thaw coming. >> thank you for not putting me in front of a snow plow this afternoon. >> don't tempt me, young lady. >> i was just seeing myself in that shot.

>> that would we kind of fun use. >> i'll admit that, would be. we have lot of winter to go. let's look at the current temperatures. nothing to laugh at, obviously in minneapolis, where you're at single digits. 18 in chicago, 19, kansas city, with the wind chill, dangerously cold, especially across the upper midwest, plains, and the northeast, flirting with record lows tonight. not the kind of record youant to flint with. wind chills ex-overnight, minus digits here. going to feel like zero at 3:00 a.m. if you're taking a stroll and you dent want to be, and heading into the new work day on tuesday, again, single digits. minus two in philadelphia. still very cold. and it's unfortunately going to continue, especially across the upper midwest and great lakes, where we're telling with temperatures below average. spring will come soon enough, and i don't blame you if you want to put me in a snow

back to you. >> i gist want to put you underneath a plow. look at that due. >> no reporters were hurt during the making of that video. >> if mother nature doesn't mess with your flight, maybe a pilot shortage will. if industry watcher is right, this coming crisis could add to air fares. >> they pay these pilots a starting salary of $22,000. so it's not necessarily a shortage of pilots. it's a unwillingness of the airlines to pay a market wage so people are opting out of being pilots and looking at other careers. that's the challenge. >> so, a lot of them havephone the private jet route. more flexible schedule. they like that. i don't know how much more they earn but they like the security of that. how much of a factor is that and what is the boomerang effect on commercial travel? >> i think the biggest effect is you're not getting pilots to

come in and train and graduate to the larger carriers. hence you have a shortage. if the airlines dope want to pay a higher way -- i can takes a thousand hours to become a regional jet pilot. that's the rub. what ends up translating as the pilot costs go up, the airline kolless go up, guess what rises? fairs. that's probably what is coming down the pike, and 85% of all domestic traffic controlled by four airlines, they pretty much have their say what they want to do with air fares. i would not hire the pilots at a higher wage, pass the cost on to us sorry business travel ever, until we get to the breaking opinion and stop traveling. >> i always think that there was a day when i was kid, you were an airline pilot -- we had one who lived next door to us, and they were right up there with doctors and lawyers.

they -- that was a go-to impressive job. i think today as well. how did we nickel and dime that expertise to the point they said, the hell with it? >> when you have a big monopoly like airlines have you have the able to depress wages and make it so that people who want to come in and do it, there's a limited number of spaces or there were, and they can control who is going to fly and who wasn't. and people were coming in, a dream job, a lot of demand, and everything runs in cycles. and at some point in time you say, can't live on $22,000 a year. how glamorous it might be. >> incredible, mark murphy, thank you, my friend. >> thank you, sir. >> what's the school in ask me and i'll tell you but not here. somewhere else. >> what's the deal, neil?

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>> you don't get fbn. bon appetite. >> well, now we brought the audience commitment to a whole new level. not only with the addition of maria bartiromo, with a lineup that includes the likes of stuart varney and liz claimen and charlie gasparino and melissa francis and lou dobbs and soon deirdre bolton, but soon, interacting with you to get the most from the lineup. so often i get viewers asking to explain not only the latest deal on fbn, but what's the deal with the anchors on fbn, what is the deal with me? they want to know the deal with the stories i choose to cover and the guests i cover. we're getting a new segment appropriately called -- >> what is the deal, neil? >> you can ask me anything anytime about any issue, any problem, business stuff, even personal stuff, to a degree. anything you want and i'll give

it my best. now, this is only something you can find on my fox business show, because this is also about answering sometimes involved business or money questions and more detail than i can offer on this show, but since some of you sadly do not yet have fox business, it pains me to see you missing out on this. since i love you to death, i'm going to give you a treat. a tease for one day what we do on my fox business show every day, every night. your own mini what's the deal neil from me, neil, responding to viewers like you who have a lot to deal with, including kevin in new york, who writes what is the deal with barely covering the markets? it seems it would take a huge move up or down for you to acknowledge they exist. you're right, that's the only time i cover them. today, big move down and i covered it, tied to growing concern over ukraine. here's why. this daily minute by minute obsession with the dow is stupid. i held it to you way back to my

days at cnbc when i hosted market wrap, and i rarely covered the market. it's the big board. don't make it the big bore. for me, chasing every little tick in the dow will guv you tics before you know it. investing is about the long term, not obsessing about a blip in the moment or assigning some meaning to a move that might be meaningle meaningless. on the same subject, what is the deal to your talking to billionaires? who cares where they invest their money? in the case of carl icahn, they got to be billionaires because they are smart at investing their money. cliff in yonkers, new york, neil, you always say it's not about stocks, it's about taking stock. what does that mean because i think you're covering for not knowing what the hell is going on? cliff, what i mean is this. don't get obsessed with stocks that miss you taking stock, not only of other investment, but other priorities in life.

for example, i can't tell you the number of anchors everywhere who equate a good or bad day by whether the dow is up or down. there are bonds and gold, silver, tin, real estate, even cotton. you know, you can even buy pork bellies if you think bacon prices are going up, but fat chance you ever hear that. all i'm saying is don't be focused on the relatively arcane movement that you lose sight of the bigger picture, and don't make this obsession come at the expense of everything else in your life. copper is good, but i bet you your kids are better. that's all i'm saying. now, lb in new jersey, what is the deal with you constant lly whining about spending? neither party is serious about addressing the issue. you're quite right about the latter which is why i pound the former. this is all our money, and we're digging a very deep hole. democrats and republicans, because not everybody owns stock, but everybody has a stake in this country, and this country's enormous budget.

that's why i whine about it, because i'm very worries about it. admit it, neil, you were a nerd growing up. ralph, i was a nerd growing up and i'm proud of it. knoxville, neil, you seem odd to me. i'm not talking about your looks which are unsettling enough for the unprepared viewer, but the contrarrian stance you take on almost every issue. do you enjoy being an ass? if by ass, you mean someone who goes against the grain, guilty as charged. fair and balanced isn't about being left. it's about what is left out. can i give you a secret? we get the same rundown of events, what economic numbers the government is going to release, what hot new products are coming out. by and large, we get the same material. you might note that flipping around, it goes to the same coverage. i try to go beyond that. i read the health care law and early on told you anyone with a

basic understanding of basic math could tell you this is going to cost a bundle and insurance companies couldn't possibly give us all this added coverage for nothing. i work under the rule of thumb that if something sounds too good to be true, it is. and if everyone is going one way, it wouldn't kill us to at least look the other way. just like i discovered a rushed cure for a crisis often creates a bigger crisis. i said that about this president and his stimulus and it got me hate calls from democrats. i said the same about the bank bailouts with the last president and got hate calls from republicans. one called me a fair and balanced pain in the ass. i'll live with that because at least i'm getting in your head and making you think. when people ask, what's the deal, neil? that's my deal, period. now you know. fox news viewers, i'm doing this every night for fox business viewer. you want to know what's the deal, i'm going to tell you the deal. you want in, flip to fbn at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. all you have to ask --

>> what's the deal, neil? >> well, we'll keep working on that. horrible. >> when are we going to really do it? >> today. >> oh. >> take care. [ male announcer ] this is the age of knowing what you're made of.

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